Method of teaching the scriptures embodied in a board game

ABSTRACT

A method of teaching a path to salvation according to the New Testament of the King James Version of the Bible is provided. The method is embodied in a board game having a plurality game squares, each game square having a citation from Christian Scriptures. Each of the game squares is organized in one of five sacramental sections associated with the citation. Each sacramental section has a plurality of staggered columns, and each column is formed by the game squares. Players help each other navigate their game pieces through the columned game squares, by answering Scripture-related questions, to reach an uppermost or top portion of the columns of each sacramental section.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisionalapplication No. 62/752,568, filed 30 Oct. 2018, and U.S. non-provisionalapplication Ser. No. 16/669,067, filed 30 Oct. 2019, as a continuationthereof, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to religious teaching aids and, moreparticularly, to a Christian-study teaching aid embodied in a board gamethat emphasizes the Christian Scriptures, their organization andrelationship with core sacramental themes in achieving salvation.

Current game-base teaching aids for learning about Christianity consistsof bible trivia; however, randomly shuffled factoids do not tell aperson how to be saved according to the New Testament of the Bible.

As can be seen, there is a need for a Christian-study teaching aidembodied in a board game that emphasizes the Christian Scriptures, theirorganization and their interrelationship with key sacramental themes.The present invention not only creates a family-oriented, fun,non-competitive atmosphere to help learn about the Bible, the presentinvention also explicitly shows players a route to get to heaven, aclear path to salvation.

In other words, the board game embodied in the present invention teachesthe sinner how to be saved and get to heaven according to the NewTestament of the King James Version of the Bible.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In one aspect of the present invention, a method of teaching theChristian scriptures includes the following: providing a game boardhaving a playing surface providing a plurality of board portions,wherein each board portion a Christian scriptures citation; theplurality of board portions divided into five sacramental sections; eachsacramental section comprising a plurality of staggered columns; andeach column comprising a subset of the plurality of board portions; andproviding a question related to each Christian scripture citation foreach board portion each player occupies, wherein each player advances toa subsequent board portion by answering said question, wherein theplurality of sacramental sections includes a baptism section, a believesection, a confess section, hear section and a repent section, whereinonly one or two of the columns in each sacramental section defines a topboard portion for said sacramental section; further including an Englishletter is adjacent and upward of each column, wherein the Englishletters of each sacramental section, when read left to right, spells atheme associated with said sacramental section, wherein each player winsupon advancing to each of the said top board portions.

These and other features, aspects and advantages of the presentinvention will become better understood with reference to the followingdrawings, description and claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a top plan view of an exemplary embodiment of a biblescripture board game 10 of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged top view of an exemplary embodiment of a hearsection 12 of the bible scripture board game 10 of the presentinvention;

FIG. 3 is an enlarged top view of an exemplary embodiment of a baptismsection 14 of the bible scripture board game 10 of the presentinvention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged top view of an exemplary embodiment of a believesection 16 of the bible scripture board game 10 of the presentinvention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged top view of an exemplary embodiment of a confesssection 18 of the bible scripture board game 10 of the presentinvention; and

FIG. 6 is an enlarged top view of an exemplary embodiment of a repentsection 20 of the bible scripture board game 10 of the presentinvention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplatedmodes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. Thedescription is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merelyfor the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention,since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims.

Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method ofteaching a path to salvation according to the New Testament of the KingJames Version of the Bible. The method is embodied in a board gamecomprising a plurality game squares each with a citation from ChristianScriptures. Each of the game squares is organized in one of fivesacramental sections associated with the citation. Each sacramentalsection comprises a plurality of staggered columns, each columncomprises the game squares. Players help each other navigate their gamepieces through the columns to reach an uppermost or top portion of thecolumns of each sacramental section.

Referring to FIGS. 1 through 6 , the present invention may include amethod of teaching a path to salvation according to the New Testament ofthe King James Version of the Bible. The method is embodied in a boardgame (colloquially known as the “Strait and Narrow”) comprising aplurality of Christian scriptures citations 22, labeled by chapter andverse, organized by and around one of five Christian rites orsacraments, which are recognized as of particular importance andsignificance in traversing the path to salvation. Specifically, thechapters and verses of the Christian scriptures are derived from the NewTestament of the King James Version of the Bible, and the sacramentsinclude baptism, belief, confession, and repentance.

The game board 10 includes a plurality of sacramental sectionscomprising a hear section 12; a baptism section 14; a believe section16; a confess section 18; and a repent section 20. It should beunderstood that in playing or using the game the order of play could beeither clockwise or counterclockwise or skip sections with regarding tothe plurality of sacramental sections. For instance, play could beginwith the hear section 12; followed by the believe section 16; then therepent section 20; then the confess section 18; and, finally, thebaptism section 14.

Each sacramental section comprises a plurality of game squares, eachgame square (or board portion) having a citation 22 of a chapter andverse of one of the Christian Scriptures. The game squares are arrangedin a plurality of staggered columns so that only one or two columnsprotrude above the remaining columns of the associated sacramentalsection, as illustrated in FIG. 2-6 .

It should be understood by those skilled in the art that the use ofdirectional terms such as upper, upward, top, lower, downward, bottomand the like are used in relation to the illustrative embodiments asthey are depicted in the figures, the upward direction being away fromthe figure numbers of FIG. 2 through FIG. 6 , and a downward directionbeing toward the figure numbers of FIG. 2 through FIG. 6 . Top′ beingthe most upward or furthest away from said figure numbers of FIG. 2through FIG. 6 .

Just upward of each column of each sacramental column is a lettercorresponding with the title of the sacramental section associated witheach column, wherein the letters of each sacramental section read, leftto right, spell out the title of said sacramental section.

One or more players can navigate the game board 10 through moving gamepieces (not shown) based on a rolled tally of one or more game die (notshown) and successfully answering Scripture-related questions of gamecards (not shown). Each Scripture-related question may be associatedwith the general sacramental section and/or the cited chapter and verseof Scripture. Each sacramental section or stage has a top portiontoward, which each player strives through answering the questions of thegame cards. Players work together because each step helps the player andother players reach the main goal of traversing to the top portion ofeach sacramental section or stage. The game continues until each playerreaches the top of each sacramental section or after all players havecompleted all of the plurality of sacramental sections, however theplayer may choose to proceed, depending on one of several embodiments.Players work together through answering the questions in fellowship,helping themselves and each other enhance their Biblical literacy,knowledge of the scripture and how they sacramentally harmonize todivine a true path to salvation.

The present invention works better with players willing to learn, or inother words, sinners who want to be saved.

It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates toexemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may bemade without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as setforth in the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of teaching the Christian scriptures,comprising: providing a game board having a playing surface providing aplurality of board portions, wherein each board portion provides aChristian scripture citation, wherein the plurality of board portions isdivided into a plurality of sacramental sections; and providing aquestion related to each Christian scripture citation for each boardportion each player occupies, wherein each player advances to asubsequent board portion by answering said question, wherein theplurality of sacramental sections includes a baptism section, a believesection, a confess section, hear section and a repent section.
 2. Themethod of claim 1, wherein each sacramental section comprising one ormore columns that defines a top board portion for said sacramentalsection.
 3. The method of claim 2, further comprising a letter of alanguage adjacent and upward of each column.
 4. The method of claim 3,wherein the letter of the language of each sacramental section, whenread left to right, spells a theme associated with said sacramentalsection.
 5. The method of claim 4, wherein each player wins uponadvancing to each of the said top board portions.
 6. A method ofteaching the Christian scriptures, comprising: providing a game boardhaving a playing surface providing a plurality of board portions,wherein each board portion provides a Christian scripture citation; theplurality of board portions divided into a plurality of sacramentalsections; each sacramental section comprising a plurality of columns;and each column comprising a subset of the plurality of board portions;and providing a question related to each Christian scripture citationfor each board portion each player occupies, wherein each playeradvances to a subsequent board portion by answering said question,wherein the plurality of sacramental sections includes a baptismsection, a believe section, and a confess section.
 7. The method ofclaim 6, wherein each sacramental section comprising one or more columnsthat defines a top board portion for said sacramental section.
 8. Themethod of claim 7, further comprising a letter of a language adjacentand upward of each column.
 9. The method of claim 8, wherein the letterof the language of each sacramental section, when read left to right,spells a theme associated with said sacramental section.
 10. The methodof claim 9, wherein each player wins upon advancing to each of the saidtop board portions.